Hey guys, I'm Katie! Welcome to my blog, where I ramble on about anything and everything. I'm 22 years old, a soon-to-be graduate of Boston College, pursuing a degree in International Studies and a minor in French. I spent last spring studying abroad at Sciences Po in Paris, so most of my entries and extra content consist of stories and photos of my cultural experiences, my passionate love affair with French food, my close encounters of the third wine, and my ramblings about crazy French people. I love photography, traveling, reading, and cooking. I love all kinds of music; check out what I'm listening to at last.fm. I also enjoy a good tweet now and again. Check out some more random facts about me, if you're so inclined...
Le premier examen final
I have officially completed my first final examination at Sciences Po! Luckily for me, it’s also the second to last…I only have one more exam, and it’s not until June 4th. For those of you who know me, this can only mean one thing: time to travel!
But first, a little bit about the exam. It was for one of my two French electives, the one about sociology and consumption practices. I was a bit nervous going in, as only three of us were native English speakers and simultaneously struggling-French-speakers. I studied as best I could from the power point presentations he provided us with, and when I sat down with the test, I was pretty confident I had the material down. Sure enough, nine of the ten questions were easy, and the last one, although tricky, I’m sure I still managed to get a decent amount of credit for. It was an intense experience though, only having an hour to answer 10 short-(but long)-answer questions in a language that is not your mother tongue. The good news: I survived, and didn’t feel terrible afterward.
And now, on to the fun stuff! My brother is coming all the way from Les États-Unis to visit me! He should be on a plane as I’m writing this, actually, because he’s due to land at Charles de Gaulle tomorrow morning. I’m going to pick him up, which requires me using my least favorite forms of public transportation: the RER. I would honestly rather have run all the way to the airport. But I digress.
I’ve got a pretty packed itinerary for him…I hope he’s not too jet-lagged, or I’m going to have to inject caffeine and nutella into his veins to pump him up!
Mike will be here until Sunday morning, and then on Monday morning I leave for my rescheduled trip to Spain! I’ll be visiting Madrid and Barcelona with Nadia, and we’re planning on meeting up with some other BC people along the way. I won’t return to Paris from Spain until Sunday evening.
Then I will spend a few more days in Paris before heading off to…drumroll, please…NORWAY! Kelsey and I are SO excited to be going to Bergen, Oslo, and to be taking one of the most beautiful train rides in the world, called Norway in a Nutshell. Too many good things going on this month!